Editra

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Editra
Developer(s) Cody Precord
Initial releaseJune 16, 2007;16 years ago (2007-06-16)
Stable release None [±]
Preview release
0.7.20 [1]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 5 January 2013
Written in Python
Available in24 languages [2]
Type Text editor
License wxWindows license
Website editra.org   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Editra is a cross-platform, [3] open-source text editor, released under a wxWindows license. It is written by Cody Precord in Python, and it was first publicly released in June 2007. As of November 2011 the project is in alpha development phase, but "stable" builds are available for download. Editra has gained notability for being a text editor incorporated in Ren'py. The main site is down as of at least July 2019.

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Features

It features syntax highlighting [4] from Pygments. [5] It supports many programming languages, including C, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and XML. [6] It also features syntax highlighting for BAT, DIFF, INI and REG file formats. [7]

Editra supports features commonly found in other programmer-style text editors. It also supports: [8]

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References

  1. "Editra 0.7.20 Released". Archived from the original on 8 January 2013.
  2. http://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxPython/3rdParty/Editra/setup.py%5B%5D
  3. Purdy, Kevin (13 August 2008). "Editra Brings Code-Friendly Editing to All Platforms". Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
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  5. . 2017-10-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20171010212146/http://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxPython/3rdParty/Editra/THANKS. Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2023-05-27.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  7. "Supported languages — Pygments". pygments.org. Archived from the original on 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
  8. "Editra Download". 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011.